diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs
index 796eb5713..1b54e77c0 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ impl ErrorCode for milli::Error {
                     | UserError::MissingFieldForSource { .. }
                     | UserError::InvalidOpenAiModel { .. }
                     | UserError::InvalidOpenAiModelDimensions { .. }
+                    | UserError::InvalidOpenAiModelDimensionsMax { .. }
+                    | UserError::InvalidSettingsDimensions { .. }
                     | UserError::InvalidPrompt(_) => Code::InvalidSettingsEmbedders,
                     UserError::TooManyEmbedders(_) => Code::InvalidSettingsEmbedders,
                     UserError::InvalidPromptForEmbeddings(..) => Code::InvalidSettingsEmbedders,
diff --git a/milli/src/error.rs b/milli/src/error.rs
index 9cb984db1..1147085dd 100644
--- a/milli/src/error.rs
+++ b/milli/src/error.rs
@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ only composed of alphanumeric characters (a-z A-Z 0-9), hyphens (-) and undersco
         dimensions: usize,
         expected_dimensions: usize,
     },
+    #[error("`.embedders.{embedder_name}.dimensions`: Model `{model}` does not support overriding its dimensions to a value higher than {max_dimensions}. Found {dimensions}")]
+    InvalidOpenAiModelDimensionsMax {
+        embedder_name: String,
+        model: &'static str,
+        dimensions: usize,
+        max_dimensions: usize,
+    },
+    #[error("`.embedders.{embedder_name}.dimensions`: `dimensions` cannot be zero")]
+    InvalidSettingsDimensions { embedder_name: String },
 }
 
 impl From<crate::vector::Error> for Error {
diff --git a/milli/src/update/settings.rs b/milli/src/update/settings.rs
index b8289626b..a3ba42119 100644
--- a/milli/src/update/settings.rs
+++ b/milli/src/update/settings.rs
@@ -1122,6 +1122,14 @@ pub fn validate_embedding_settings(
     let Setting::Set(settings) = settings else { return Ok(settings) };
     let EmbeddingSettings { source, model, revision, api_key, dimensions, document_template } =
         settings;
+
+    if let Some(0) = dimensions.set() {
+        return Err(crate::error::UserError::InvalidSettingsDimensions {
+            embedder_name: name.to_owned(),
+        }
+        .into());
+    }
+
     let Some(inferred_source) = source.set() else {
         return Ok(Setting::Set(EmbeddingSettings {
             source,
@@ -1153,6 +1161,15 @@ pub fn validate_embedding_settings(
                         }
                         .into());
                     }
+                    if dimensions > model.default_dimensions() {
+                        return Err(crate::error::UserError::InvalidOpenAiModelDimensionsMax {
+                            embedder_name: name.to_owned(),
+                            model: model.name(),
+                            dimensions,
+                            max_dimensions: model.default_dimensions(),
+                        }
+                        .into());
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }